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Latin
Etymology
Perfect active participle of ēlābor.
Participle
ēlāpsus (feminine ēlāpsa, neuter ēlāpsum); first/second-declension participle
- slipped away; escaped; elapsed
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “elapsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “elapsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- elapsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.